8-24-2024 9:59pm

Wireless Monopole To Replace Water Tower When it's demolished

Tom Akaolisa Editor

The future of city-owned property at 11316 Foley Blvd. has been determined once the water tower that has occupied the space since 1959 is demolished.

That will happen when the city's new water tower, now under construction at Coon Rapids and Foley boulevards, is completed and operational.

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